Initially, its similarities to Stonehenge had archeologists and historians assuming that Flagstones must be of a similar date. “Flagstones is an unusual monument; a perfectly circular ditched ...

What it is: An ancient stone circle in the Egyptian desert that may be the oldest known astronomical observatory Where it is from: An desert area of southern Egypt, about 175 miles (280 kilometers ...

An amateur archaeologist recently encouraged researchers to take another look at the Farley Moor standing stone, which was once part of a bigger ceremonial site ...

Archaeologists in Norway have revealed that more than 40 ancient stone circle formations discovered in the country's south last year turned out to be children's graves. Last year, a team from ...

For a while now, a standing stone tucked away in a Berkshire woodland was believed to be a lone monument. New findings, however, have revealed the artifact to be but one piece of an immense ...

One reason many of these ancient sites have survived could be ... reported intense feelings of great dread when entering a stone circle, or a strange microclimate of heat or cold between the ...

Part of the ancient stone circle found at the Farley Moor site. Photo from Time Team, shared by Forestry England “Stone circles and henges are amongst the most common ceremonial monuments of the ...

including an ancient stone circle with a ceremonial platform dating back to the early Bronze Age. Local archaeology enthusiast George Bird had for some time suggested the stone might be part of a ...

Stonehenge was likely built as a project to unify ancient peoples from across the whole of the country, archaeologists claim in a new study. More than 900 stone circles have been discovered across the ...

George Bird, a “local archaeology enthusiast,” had a theory about the Farley Moor standing stone. He suspected this decent-sized, slightly pointed, moss-covered rock in Farley Moor forest “might be ...